Psychic powers

[Shakrith]

Is there any risk in using them?

[Uzgah]

IN game or in the Fluff?

Game: no idea, probably

Fluff: Hell yes, channeling the stuff of chaos through your head? bad move Jimmy, really, bad move!

[Shakrith]

I know the fluff, but I wondered how it would be handled in DoW. I have had many a battle spoiled by a dead psyker from Perils of the Warp.

[Cortanus]

I thought the Perils of the Warp in 3rd ed was way too weak for what it's meant to represent. But then again, most psychic powers are alot weaker too.

[Anthonace]

anyway most combat psykers are trained so that a perils of the warp attack would be more controlled than what it would be for a untrained psyker :steam:

[DarthFelth]

you psyker could die in 3rd ed, just you would have to be abit unlucky, i dont really know, as i only Thousand son psykers so it dont tend to effect me

[Shakrith]

Ah the Thousand Sons. One of my armies. Thank Tzeentch for all that non-Perilous destruction. Ah.

[TS_ahriman]

Yeah, perils of the warp is really weak.

[Shakrith]

Not really. It can cause deaths if you get bad rolls. It can happen.

[deggy]

The coolest is the "It's for your own good mate!" Rule for Commissars attached to psykers in the Guard army... If your psyker starts to suffer a peril's attack, the Commissar immediately pulls out his weapon and executes the poor sod before any daemon has a chance to burst out. In game terms, you just remove the psyker if you fail the test, but I just love the image of the Com. putting one right between the eyes without mercy and without hesitation. I LOVE Commissars!!

[Shakrith]

I love them for the same reason- you can count on them dying without putting effort in.